Historic hunting(05/07/10)michellef@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- When most people think of hunting, using a gun or a bow and arrow come to mind. But this weekend, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources will demonstrate an early hunting technique, known as atlatl, at the Towosahgy State Historic Site, southeast of East Prairie...

Ditch work funds OK'd(05/07/10)scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Mississippi County officials have the OK to clean out more of Maple Slough with EWP funding but are wondering when work already contracted on it will begin. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

Shan Trigg(05/07/10)ST. LOUIS -- Shan Trigg, 75, died May 5, 2010.
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O'Dell Thornton(05/07/10)WYATT -- O'Dell Thornton, 97, died at 12:25 a.m. May 6, 2010, at the Charleston Manor.
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Larry Henry(05/07/10)GIDEON -- Larry Hubert Henry, 71, died May 4, 2010, at the Gideon Care Center.
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